Chapter 66 - Eldest Senior Brother

Chapter 66: Chapter 64: Eldest Senior BrotherThis kid, he’s got a ghost in his heart!

Xue Guang and Master Hengshui never expected that their youngest son would secretly harbor a crush on his once-future elder sister-in-law!

Shun Hua struggled to open his mouth, hesitated and said, "How could this be possible? Xue Ze is almost twenty years younger than your sister!" Then he suddenly realized that since they discovered Xue Yang and Qingling’s tender affections for each other, his sister had never once lost her temper from beginning to end—maybe her feelings for Xue Yang weren’t as deep as they had thought?

Nor did she immediately object when her junior brother mentioned her marriage to Xue Ze, instead, she seemed somewhat at a loss?

Hmm... Shun Hua felt that he hadn’t been attentive enough to his sister, that he didn’t even clearly understand her heart’s desires.

"What does it matter if their ages are a few years apart? Cultivators are not constrained by years or months; there are even those with a thousand years difference!" Ye Qiu said nonchalantly.

He was not wrong. Most importantly, the relationship between Sword Pavilion and Array Pavilion must not end like this, and it seems that there was indeed some affection between the two children. Xue Guang and Master Hengshui exchanged glances and suddenly realized that Ye Qiu’s suggestion was actually the best way to handle things.

"You can’t do this to the little brother." Xue Yang struggled to his feet, supported by Qingling, and suddenly spoke up, breaking everyone’s contemplation.

"What’s wrong with the little brother? He’s only twenty years old, you can’t ruin his happiness," Xue Yang insisted on what he thought was best for Xue Ze, angrily chiding his parents.

He then encouraged Xue Ze, saying, "Little brother, you can’t agree to this marriage. Listen to your big brother. When you meet the woman you love in the future, you’ll understand why I’m advising you today."

Upon hearing his words, Xue Ze frowned his delicate brows and retorted, "Big brother, you are not me; how do you know I am not willing?"

Then he happily moved to Shun Ying’s side, looking nervously at her, "Sister Shun Ying, do you mind?"

Shun Ying looked at the boy’s sincere eyes and his hopeful smile, suddenly realizing that she couldn’t bring herself to utter a word of rejection.

Seeing that she didn’t refuse for a long time, the smile on the boy’s face deepened, and he even revealed his cute little canines, "If you don’t refuse, I’ll take it as your acceptance."

He then joyfully said to Xue Guang and Master Hengshui, "Father, Mother, Sister Shun Ying has agreed; let’s go to Sword Pavilion to ask for her hand in marriage right away!"

Looking at his eagerness, Master Hengshui felt a complex mixture of emotions and a pinch of heartache. Her young son, just having come of age, had grown up and was now ready to take a wife.

Seeing Xue Ze so joyfully lost, Shun Ying held back again and again but finally spoke her first words after today’s commotion, "Hold your tongue; Aunt Heng’s birthday has not even passed yet!"

Shun Hua’s face was complex. He had thought that given his sister’s fiery and proud temperament, she would fight tooth and nail upon learning of Xue Yang’s betrayal. But unexpectedly, she seemed as if she had not seen Xue Yang at all, instead expressing great concern for Xue Ze, the junior brother they had watched grow up from a child.

Is it really true that a woman’s heart is as unfathomable as the depths of the ocean?

At this time, Xue Guang’s face regained its composure. Looking at Xue Ze and Shun Ying, they seemed more and more to his liking, and he promised Shun Hua and Ye Qiu, "After the lady’s birthday is over, my wife and I will personally accompany Xue Ze to visit."

With those words, it was like he gave his official approval—the switch from the groom’s elder brother to the younger brother was accepted.

"This is a desecration of love!" Xue Yang disagreed with everyone, especially Ye Qiu, the proposer, whom he felt was particularly nefarious in his thinking.

"Love? Blasphemy?" Ye Qiu sneered, "Is the so-called love just like you, caring only about oneself without regard for others?"

"Eldest Senior Brother, you’re so cold-blooded, you wouldn’t understand." Qingling looked at Ye Qiu with a complex expression, shaking her head. She had once harbored a moment of admiration for him, but now it seems she was wrong about him.

And there was Shun Hua, who, for the benefit of the sect, disregarded the lifelong happiness of his own little sister; another person with a hardened heart.

At this moment, she began to doubt; are such people truly the paragons of Sword Pavilion disciples? Could it be that Sword Pavilion itself isn’t as glorious as it seems on the surface? In this instant, she suddenly felt the urge to leave the Sword Pavilion, to leave behind this group of hypocritical people.

What right does such a sect have to demand her life’s devotion?

Yet the selfish Qingling never once considered that without the father of Shun Hua and his siblings, there wouldn’t be her today. Moreover, since she entered the sect, it provided her with food, drink, cultivation resources, and cultivation techniques. When had she ever repaid the sect? When had the sect ever asked her to sell her life?

Self-righteous people never remember the good done by others!

After that day, Ye Qiu and the others didn’t interfere with how Array Sect dealt with Xue Yang, only knowing that Master Hengshui made an appearance on his birthday and then never showed up again.

Xue Ze mentioned that Sect Leader Xue gave his disobedient eldest son a severe beating, and afterward, at Xue Yang’s adamant request, left the mountain gate with an injured Qingling.

"How did you get hurt like this?" Fanxing, who was waiting at the inn outside the mountain gate, couldn’t help frowning.

Qingling said with an angry face, "Don’t mention it, it’s all because of those stubborn old sects, utterly inflexible."

Qingling was silently resentful; not only did Xue Guang refuse to recognize her, but during her days in Array Sect, they even assigned people to guard against her at every turn, as if she would steal their sect’s secret treasures. Did he think she coveted them? She had no idea how many treasures were in her own space!

If it wasn’t for Xue Yang, would she have had any desire to look at their Array Sect’s Array Collection?

It doesn’t matter that she didn’t get it this time; she will definitely find something better for Xue Yang. Then, she’ll help him become the greatest Array Master on this continent and show them all.

"You were absolutely right, that woman was indeed interested in our Array Sect’s Array Collection. Luckily, with your reminder, my father strengthened the defenses and prevented their success," Xue Ze said with a look of relief. That was their Array Sect’s treasure; if lost, the consequences were unthinkable.

"No need to be polite, I just understand her more, that’s all," Ye Qiu said indifferently.

Then, with a teasing look, he added, "Congratulations, your wish has been fulfilled."

Xue Ze was no longer as shy as at the beginning and replied with a delighted face: "I should be thanking you, Eldest Senior Brother!"

Ye Qiu patted him on the shoulder, encouragingly said, "Our Shun Ying Senior Sister is already at the late-stage of Nascent Soul, so you have to work hard!"

Xue Ze also showed a determined face, promising, "I will do my best. Father said that all the resources that once belonged to my elder brother would now fall upon me."

Ye Qiu nodded, not at all surprised. Originally, Xue Yang was the eldest, with a high talent for arrays and also destined to be the cherished son-in-law of the Sword Pavilion Sect Leader; naturally, his resources were the best in the entire Array Sect.

However, now, Xue Yang had become a discarded piece, and Xue Ze carried the banner of cooperation between the two sects. It’s just that he was young and his cultivation fell a bit behind, but his talents were not lacking. Given time, he was bound to catch up.